His report says human rights abuses occurred for decades in Zimbabwe but that they worsened after the year 2000 and peaked during the disputed elections last year.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

During the fourth year, students begin contacting hospital programs for the additional training they will need after medical school.

VOA: special.2010.07.13

In two thousand six, the year after Hurricane Katrina, the Saints returned to play at the repaired Superdome in New Orleans.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

That was in nineteen eighty-seven, a year after the first induction ceremony, which took place at a hotel in New York.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

And in the Philippines, more than two hundred thousand people are still living in shelters after severe storms last year.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

One year after the bombs were dropped on Japan, he received the Presidential Medal of Merit for his work.

VOA: special.2009.06.14

This term is used especially for plants like herbs that produce new growth year after year from the same root structure.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

That was one year after the union of Ireland with England and Scotland to form the United Kingdom.

VOA: special.2011.05.09

The twenty-nine-year-old performer became very popular after her album "Begin to Hope" was released in two thousand six.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

Students cannot return to the United States for two years after they finish their year of study.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

After one year, the risk of heart disease for a non-smoker is half that of a smoker.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

The president and his Democratic allies in Congress finally won the battle after more than a year.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

Whitney Balliett of The New Yorker Magazine wrote about Coltrane the year after his death: "People said they heard the dark night ...

VOA: special.2010.11.07

Sixteen-year-old violinist Nicholas Black joined after he read a story about the group in a local newspaper.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

He was attacked during the riots. The rioting began last Saturday after a peaceful demonstration over the deadly police shooting of a twenty-nine-year-old man.

VOA: special.2011.08.13

Earlier this year, a judge in the state of Florida was forced to declare a mistrial after eight weeks in a federal drug case.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

But after more than one hundred thirty flights, the space shuttles are being retired this year.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

Yet,seven hundred fifty thousand copies of the book were sold during the year after its release.

VOA: special.2009.03.15